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Ashoka columnswho-king Ashokatmx-269-232where-marked rds leading to buddist shrine
why-reject wars period-indo-aryan |
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Axis-mundiis the world center and/or the connection between heaven and Earth
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Bent-axis approach
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Designed to reduce distracting outside the sacred enclosure from disturbing the meditation of pilgrims cirumanmbulating the stupa
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Buddhism
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Creator: siddartha gautama
tmx: 563bc-483bc dharam(middle way)= path to enlightenment=nirvana |
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Chatra
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Mask w/ disks x3 axis on top
3 tiered umbrella thur the heavenly dome |
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Circumambulation
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In temple walk around in cw direction
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Stupa
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Meaning heap- mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, typically the remains of Buddha, used by Buddhists as a place of worship.
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Torana
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Gateway-wood worked carving(post&lintel)
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Hinduism are not associated with any particular
individual
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True
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Chatra centered precisely atop the Buddhist stupa is symbolic of this cosmological
organizing principle
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 Percing the heavenly dome |
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The large toranas at the
Great Stupa of Sanchi, while carved in stone, reflect prototypes built of what
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Bamboo type
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With what religion is Angkor Wat associated
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Hinduism
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